MidwestJS 2016

Workshop Day

Tutorial and Exercises to build Angular2 app

Sessions

Realtime Communication Between Angular 2 and Node.js

Sockets Bring Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Load tests have shown a nodeJS server with 500,000 open(idle) websockets

Demystifying TypeScript

  • Typescript is Javascript
  • Typescript adds namespaces, interfaces, etc
  • Typescript is cross platform
  • Powerful intellisense built right into editors

Javascript wasn't built for scale - Typescript was

What are Observables and Why Should I Care?

a collection of values delivered over time

a reactive style of programming

Introduction to Speech Interfaces for Web Applications

Mainly a review of speech APIs for browsers

Launch Yourself Into the Angular 2 and TypeScript Space

Great review of how quickly Angular2 can build an app

What they didn't tell you about Cordova

Cordova is used for mobile apps

storage options on mobile

performance and UX are important

Building a TV show with Angular, Bootstrap, and Web Services

Polymer in Practice

Library of web components by Google

Xfinity sites are built using Polymer

Building Serverless Applications

AWS Lambda Services

small functions executed on AWS infra

Major Take-aways

Angular2 Modules

great deal of performance improvements

Websockets are super powerful

Need for a strong AngualrJS developement team is required

Resources

https://github.com/midwestjs/2016

http://reactivex.io/rxjs/